Sunday 26 October 2014 23:30, UK
England coach Stuart Lancaster has added nine players to his squad for the autumn internationals, with three arriving from Exeter.
Lancaster had the option of bolstering his 33-man group after the weekend round of European matches and has added some depth for the Twickenham matches against New Zealand, South Africa, Samoa and Australia in November.
Chiefs trio Dave Ewers, Henry Slade and Thomas Waldrom go into the squad as injury cover for Wasps back-row James Haskell, Northampton centre Luther Burrell and Saracens back-row Billy Vunipola respectively.
Burrell suffered a hand injury Northampton's 34-6 European Rugby Champions Cup pool win over Ospreys and fellow centre Manu Tuilagi has already been ruled out of the All Blacks game on November 8 because of a groin problem.
"Luther will be assessed by a specialist over the next 48 hours and our medics are in close contact with Saints so we'll know more in a few days, but it's great to be able to bring in Henry," Lancaster said.
"Billy will undergo the return to play protocol with us and will resume training once he has completed that.
"Injuries are inevitable but we are excited about the group we have in camp."
Vunipola is recovering from concussion suffered in Saracens' European defeat by Munster on Friday, while Haskell is still getting over a viral infection.
Ben Foden (Northampton), Matt Kvesic (Gloucester), Anthony Watson (Bath) and Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens) will also train with the squad as cover for the players involved in Sunday's European games.
Henry Thomas (Bath) and Alex Waller (Northampton) have been added as cover for front-row forwards David Wilson and Joe Marler, who have calf and thigh injuries respectively.
Tom Wood has remained in Northampton with his wife pending the birth of their third child and will join the squad later this week.
"We always anticipated bringing in additional players following the European games, either to cover injuries or for training," Lancaster added.
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